1 Day Taiwan POW CampTour

The Tour

You will be picked up from your Taipei city hotel and travel to north coast hillside, the mining town of Jinguashi and POW (Prisoner of War) Memorial Park. The Jingwashe POW Memorial park was site of the infamouse WWII KinKaseki POW camp, where allied soliders were forced to work the mines. You can visit old Japanese-built heritage buildings and enjoy a mine-tunnel experience. Prisoner of War Memorial Park (Jinguashi) During World War II, the Japanese built 16 prisoner of war (POW) camps in Taiwan. The camp in Jinguashi was recently turned into the POW War Memorial Park in respect to the more than 4,350 Allied POWs imprisone

Continue to the Gold Museum (Gold Ecological Park), you will have better understanding of the mining history and community culture of Ginwashe (Jinguashi). Ginwashe is ready to create a fresh golden legend with the participation of local residents who together will forge the glamour of this land.

Then visit the villages of Chiufen which were once centre of gold mining in Taiwan. The gold is gone, but these quaint old villages, built of closely-packed houses clinging to steep mountainsides, continue to offer enchanting scenery and fascinating glimpses into the lifestyles of the past. You will enjoy lunch at Chiufen teahouse where you can have a panora